The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-01-27
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Aho O1!uIn, Mankato q So0thern Min
nesota Railroad company, with John F.
organized. The line Of the eompanv il
from Duluth to st. Cloud, thence to Litch-
field, ON to Mankato, thence to ST. Claire
to Alma City, to New Richland, to Geneva
to Austin, and 4 branch from Alma CITY
souther]y to Albert Lea. The caDitai
stock is Sc. OOO.O The reason for tax.
ing this action now 10 that the company
will ask this legislature to transfer to it
the franchise Of the old Austin. Mankato
& St. Cloud road, now held by the Milwau-
kee road.
Warden H. G. Stordock has appointed /.
A. Westby deputy warden OF tho peniten-
In Red Wing for eighteen years, and 10 we'll
known throughout the state. He has
served one term as deputy sheriff Of Good.
hue county, and for the last ten years has
been chief Of police Of Red Wing. Four
years ago he was assistant ser2eant-at-
arms OF the state senate. and at the last
session was elected sergeant-at-arms.
The Litchfeld Wooden mill, which has
been in operation only since the first ol
last April, has proven satisfactory in its
operations.
The total number of births In Anoka,
county in 1886 was 2s7. and deaths 176.
The report of the births and deaths in
Dakota county for 1886 shows the number
of births 522 and deaths 212. OF these
numbers Hastings reports 131 births and
rs deaths.
Cloush Bros. OF Minneapolis have just
purchased the Woodbury. pine lands on
Rum river, owned by ]. p. Woodbury. OF
Kalamazoo, Mich, the price paid being
$1O5, 600 cash down.
I1o~l hoo ~oo:l o,,o> Aha ~rofov
power company the last $4,000 OF tie
800, 600 bonus given by the city for the
building OF the dam across the Mississippi
river and the canal The engineers report
cd the work completed.
Pensions have lately been allowed to
the following people in Minnesota: syI-
via Thorpe, Minneapolis; A. NJ. Ham,
lin. st. Cloud; N. Hanmann, fillmore; c. +.
Brown, Minneapolis r. L. Doble. Murdoch;
James II. Linney, Delvan Station; f. J.
Russell, East Granite Falls; Charles Vena-
bic, Plainview; minors of y. A. NJ. Pillson,
Burnhamville; Peter Brown, Scott; J. F.
coma; J. w. Dewall. Red Wing. Pensions
increased-C. Groetzinger. Winona; A.
Durham. LIE Sueur; Charles Holman. Crooks
ton; James Doherty, lie Sueur Frit1
Maixner, White Bear.
West St. Paul wants to have a sento-
rial district all by itself.
At Minneapolis Judge Young declines to
grant a divorce to Albert p. Martin.
The senate confirms all of Gov. McGiE's
appointments.
j. A. Westby is appointed deputy war.
den OF the Saltwater penitentiary.
The legislature will be asked to apprc-
pirate $23, 600 a year for five years for RI d
river drainage.
At the annual meeting Of the minnesota
Sheriffs' association at St. Paul, Sheriffs
from twenty eight counties OF the state
were present. Officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President, Fred
Richter OF Ramsey county; vice president,
John Nugent. Wright county; secretary, p.
y. Swenson; Hennepin county; treasurer;J.
E. Gettman, Dodge county.
Fully five thousand people paid admis-
sion at Minneapolis to witness the six
round glove contest between John L. Suli-
van and Patsey Cardiff. The fight. if any.
thing. was worse hippodrome than the
recent fiasco in St. Paul between Pat Kill
len and Billy Bradburn, the heavy hitter
OF the Chicago stock yards. The announced
terms OF the fight were IS per cent. OF the
receipts to the winner and 25 to the loser.
The referee, Pat Sullivan, the Mike Nc
Donald OF Minneapolis, declared the fight
draw.
The depot at Sleepy Eye the upper part
OF which was occupied by train dispatchers,
was burned to the ground. Chief Train
Dispatcher F. n. Stewart, after saving
some Instruments, mario WY escaped
through a window OF the second story.
The rail~ ay commission, it is said, has
decided to make no appointments or
changes in positions until it has become
thoroughly conversant with the require
ments OF candidates for the various places
under it's control.
At Red Wing, the store of John A. Ora.
ham, dealer in dry goods and notions has
been closed on a writ of attachment. The
failure, which was entirely unexpected, is a
heavy one.
A Swede, aged sixty years, was frozen to
death while walking from the train at Bel
trami to Edna.
p. August Anderson, a Swede, who lived
with c. w. Condit in the town OF Moscow.
Freebcrn county. committed suicide By
hanging himself in the barn.
There is a revival of religion at Waseca.
Thomas Cowing, one OF the Oldest set.
tiers OF Douglas county, was buried at
Alexandria,. He was seventy Ave years OF
age, born in Farnley, Northumberland
county. England, came to the United
States in 1850, settling in Dane county.
Wis. removed to Adams county, Wis. in
1857 and to Douglas county, MIMI. Ang.
l, 1861. He was the last of IL family OF
thirteen. Seven OF his children followed
his remains to the grave. as follows: George
F., Hon. T. F. and Will H., Fergus Falls;
Albert and Mrs. Libhie Hubert, Crook
ston; Mrs. Mary Reynolds. St. Cloud, and
Hon. j. P. Cowing OF Alexandria, two
children being absent.
Mr.. Crisp, from the committee on com.
merce, OF the National House, reported
favorably with amendment Mr. Nelson's
House Bill No. 1925, authorizing the
Duluth & Manitoba railroad to build a
bridge across the Red River of the North
at IL point on the boundary line between
the counties of Polk and Marshall and the
county Of Grand Forks, Oak.
At Minneapolis, Kent. T. E. Swanson was
crushed to &c 18th between q load OF lumber
and box car on a private railway track.
People from many parts OF the north
west and many large cities attended the
Sullivan slugging match at Minneapolis,
and were Disguised at the outcome
The Minnesota Forestry Association at
its annual session elected the following of.
ficers: President-Ex. Gov. VIM H. Mar.
shall, st. Paul: Vice William
Somerville, Eyota; J. II. Brown, Provi.
dence; W. II. Fuller, Litchfeld; J. H. Stew
ems, Minneapolis; VIM. Barrett. Big Stone
Secretary-C. L. Smith, Minneapolis.
Treasurer. F. Williams, st. Paul. Ex.
ecutive Committee-Georgc L. Becker, St.
Paul; f. d. Potter, Minneapolis; H. Trott,
St. Paul; Senator Clark, Window; H. E.
Hoard, Montevideo.
The following named Minnesota post,
masters have been commissioned w. j.
Ross, Harthcote; William Baer, Dora.
New postoffices have been established in
Minnesota as follows: Evans, Brown
county. with NJ. Narsette, postmaster,
Oatesville Washington county, with Chas.
Ekdahl, postmaster.
Nine students were matriculated at the
Seabury Divinity school at Faribault re-
Gently.
Mr.. Strait has been notified that pen.
sions have been granted John Bitter OF
Waconia, J. T. Dousherty OF kandiyoh
and Peter Brown OF Jordan.
Mrs. James King OF Ortonville, was sui
located by coal gas.
At the meeting OF the executive commit.
tee Of the State Farmers alliance held at
the Clarendon hotel, it was decided to hold
the annual meeting at Market hall Feb. 9,
1887 and cOnfinue in aeSs: IN until ia To-